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"to placate" in Spanish
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"to placate" in Spanish
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to placate(also: to appease, to mollify, to soothe, to abate)
The Commission cannot allow principle to be subsumed in a desire to placate trading partners.
La Comisión no puede permitir que se archive un principio para aplacar a los asociados comerciales.
Instead of doing all we can to combat Islamic fundamentalism taking deeper root in Europe, we placate and appease it.
En lugar de hacer todo lo que podamos por impedir que el fundamentalismo islámico ahonde sus raíces en Europa, lo aplacamos y lo apaciguamos.
I therefore see this as a purely political manoeuvre - President Bush placating domestic and special-interest lobbies.
Por tanto, yo pienso que se trata de una maniobra puramente política: el Presidente Bush aplacando a los grupos de presión internos y a los que defienden intereses específicos.
to placate(also: to still)
The point is that it was to placate the irate British hauliers who were protesting at fuel prices in Britain.
Lo cierto es que se intentaba apaciguar los ánimos de los transportistas británicos que protestaban contra los precios del gasóleo en Gran Bretaña.
He is attempting to placate the rival powers of Russia, Europe and the United States, with the latter having used military bases in the country until recently.
Intenta apaciguar los poderes rivales de Rusia, Europa y los Estados Unidos; este último ha mantenido bases militares en el país hasta hace poco.
This House is not asking to be placated or patronised.
Esta Cámara no pide que la apacigüen ni que la traten con condescendencia.
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Mere talk will not placate them. The way to earn their gratitude is usually by resolving the problems.
Ellos no están contentos sólo porque hablemos; lo que normalmente agradecen es que nosotros solventemos los problemas.
This might placate anxious European citizens in the short term, but the usefulness and consequences of the measures had not been sufficiently thought through.
De este modo se puede satisfacer a corto plazo al ciudadano europeo, aunque la eficacia y a las consecuencias de estas medidas no se habían analizado adecuadamente.
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